The Centre Cannot Hold Author:Brian Stableford The Gods of Asgard were in trouble. — In fact, if the machine intelligences which ran the macroworld couldn't be saved from their enemies, the starlet at its centre might go nova, and hundreds of billions of intelligent humanoids would be destroyed. Unfortunately, the one man who was in a position to save the situation was Mike Rousseau... more », who didn't feel that he was cut out to be a hero.
Rousseau had always wanted to reach the centre of Asgard, and this was his big chance, but he found himself taking part in a desperate race against time--and the closer he got to the centre, the tougher the going became. His newest enemies were nastier than any he had ever faced before, and his friends wanted to double the odds by making a copy of him.
It was all too much for one man to bear--but if there were two of him, wouldn't the nightmare be twice as bad?« less